Portable ash tray



Nov. 12, 1957 w; 5. cARLsoN ETAL 2,812,891

PORTABLE ASH TRAY Filed April 23, 1954 1 4 ADVERT'SING AD M INVENTORS' Wi/ham H. Lewis 6' Mg /do 5. Oar/6017 United States Patent PORTABLE ASH TRAY Waldo B. Carlson and Williaml; H. Lewis, Iron Mountain, Mic

Application April 23, 1954, Serial No. 425,185

1 Claim. (Cl. 229-16) This invention relates to ash trays, and more particularly to an improved portable ash tray for the personal use of an individual smoker.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved portable individual ash tray which is simple in construction, which is inexpensive to fabricate, and which is arranged for attachment to the person using same so that it will be immediately available whenever the person desires to deposit ashes therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved portable ash tray for use by an individual smoker, said ash tray device being neat in appearance, being compact in size, and being manufacturable from a single sheet of flexible material, such as cardboard or the like, whereby it is inexpensive to produce.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claim, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of an improved portable ash tray device constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the ash tray device of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view of the ash tray device of Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical cross sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a plan view, reduced in scale, of a cardboard blank employed to form the ash tray device illustrated in Figures 1 to 4.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the cardboard blank of Figure 5 partly folded to define the ash tray device of Figures 1 to 4.

Referring to the drawings, 11 generally designates the improved ash tray device, said ash tray device comprising a single body of flexible material, shown for example at 12 in Figure 5, said body being folded to define a front wall 13 which is initially downwardly tapering in shape, a rectangular rear wall 14 merging with the bottom edge of the front wall at the fold line 15 in Figure 5, a depending, substantially rectangular flap 16 merging with the rear wall 14 at the fold line 17, namely, with the top edge of said rear wall 14 when the device is assembled, and a pair of side wings 18 and 19, merging with the side edges of the front wall 13 at the respective fold lines 20 and 21, and folded behind the rear wall 14 in overlapping relationship.

As shown in Figure 5, the fold line 17 is spaced from the fold line 15 by a distance substantially greater than the distance from the fold line 15 to the top edge 22 of the front wall 13, whereby a substantial portion of the rear wall 14 is exposed when the device is in its assembled position. The exposed portion of the rear wall 14 may be employed to carry a suitable advertising message, or the like, and similarly, the front surface of the front wall may be employed for a similar purpose.

Patented Nov. 12, 1957 The side wings 18 and 19 are inclined, as shown in Figure 5, and extend in the direction of the inclined side folds 21 and 20 of the front wall 13. When the device is folded up to its assembled position, in the manner illustrated in Figure 6, the blank, shown in Figure 5, is first folded on the line 15 and the side wings 18 and 19 are folded rearwardly on the fold lines 20 and 21, as is clearly shown in Figure 6, and the tab element 16 is folded downwardly and rearwardly on the fold line 17, as illustrated. The side wings 18 and 19 are then slipped between the rear wall 14 and the tab element 16 in overlapping relationship with their top edges received beneath the fold 17. Squeezing pressure is applied to the fold edges 20 and 21 to flex the upper portion of the front wall 13 forwardly to a point wherein the fold edges 20 and 21 are substantially parallel, after which a staple 23 is inserted through the intermediate portion of the top margin of the rear wall 14, said staple passing through the top marginal portions of the wings 18 and 19, and through the top marginal portion of the depending tab element 16, the staple being employed to tightly secure these parts together. As shown in Figures 1 to 4, the resultant receptacle defines a compartment 24 for receiving ashes, and the device may be readily suspended from the users clothing by inserting the depending tab element 16 into the users pocket.

It will be noted that the top edges 25 and 26 of the wing members 18 and 19 are initially inclined downwardly and outwardly so that said top edges will register with each other and be snugly received beneath the fold 17 when the forward wall 13 is flexed, as above described, by squeezing the folds 20 and 21 together to render the fold lines 20 and 21 substantially parallel.

The device may be made of any suitable flexible material, for example cardboard, or the like, and is preferably provided on its inside surface with a non-inflammable coating, such as a coating of aluminum or other metal foil.

While a specific embodiment of an improved portable ash tray for individual use has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

An ash receiver comprising a single body of flexible material formed to define an initially downwardly tapering trapezoidal front wall, a rectangular rear wall merging with the bottom edge of said front wall, a pair of side wings of substantial width merging with the side edges of said front wall and folded behind said rear wall in overlapping relation, said side wings having their top edges substantially flush with each other, a depending substantially rectangular flap merging with the top edge of said rear wall and folded directly over the top edges of said side wings, the side edges of said front wall being compressed toward each other to render them substantially parallel and to cause the upper portion of the front wall to flex forwardly and outwardly, and a staple extending through and securing the top portions of said rear wall, side wings and depending flap together.

. References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,785,498 Savageau Dec. 16, 1930 1,816,049 Larner July 28, 1931 1,861,351 McFadden May 31, 1932 2,059,382 Maten et al. Nov. 3, 1936 2,479,700 Pritchard Aug. 23, 1949 2,709,033 Overbaugh May 24, 1955 

